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71st Year ? No. 43
Franklin, N. C., Thursday, October 25, 1956
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Sixteen Pages
PLANNING for next week's annual .home demonstration "Achievement Day" are county council
officers (seated, L to R) Mrs. Glenn Hastings, secretary-treasurer and Mrs. George Byrd, presi
dent, and (standing) Mrs. C. T. Bryson, vice-pre iident.
Women lo Gather Tuesday
For '56 'Achievement Day
Those tireless 4-H neighbor
hood leaders are due to receive
special recognition during the
annual home demonstration
"Achievement Day" next Tues
day".
As a feature of the morning
program at the Franklin Meth
odist Church, 4-H clubbers will
introduce their leaders and ex
plain some of the work they
have done in helping mold the
strong 4-H movement in Macon
County.
Now Preparing
Meanwhile, the home demon
stration women are preparing
for the yearly get-together and
its many activities.
Speculation among the mem
bers centers on the question:
Who will win "The Gavel"?, the
award made to the club receiv
ing the highest number of
achievement points.
With a membership of about
500, there are 22 active clubs in
the. county this year, according
to Miss Florence S. Sherrill,
county home agent.
Starts At 9:30
"Achievement Day" activities
will get under way at 9:30 a. m.,
with registration under the su
pervision of the Cartoogechaye
and Longview clubs.
The regular program will be
gin at 10 o'clock in the church
auditorium. The invocation will
be by the Rev. A. Rufus Mor
gan.
Guest speaker will be a sister
of Mr. Morgan and a native of
Macon County, Miss Lucy Mor
gan, founder and director of the
Penland School of Handicrafts.
She will speak on "The Story of
Penland" and also will show
slides of her travels abroad.
Trip Report
Another highlight of the pro
gram will be Mrs. Frank I. Mur
ry's report of her recent trip to
the National Home Demonstra
tion Council's 20th annual
meeting in San Antonio, Tex.
SEE NO. 1. PAGE 8
Woman's Club
Pledges $500
For Library
A $500 pledge to the Frank
lin Library building . fund has
been made by the Franklin Jun
ior Woman's Club, according to
Mrs. Margie Cabe, president.
She said the club hopes to
raise the amount during the
club year through the ways and
means .committee, which Is
headed by Miss Meda Angel.
Ha'lov/e'en Carnival
Set At Cartoogechaye
Cartoogechaye School will hold
its carnival for Hallowe'en at the
school Saturday night at 7:30.
The P. T. A. Is sponsoring the
event and the public is invited.
House Numbers Sale
Under Way In Town
The Lions Club sale of house
numbers is under way and M.
R. Whltaker, in charge of this
phase of the project, says he
expects 75 per cent of Franklin
residents to have bought them
by week's end.
Monday was the first night
of door-to-door solicitation. Mr.
Whitaker said more than 150
families bought numerals that
night. Cost is $1. There are 867
residents in Franklin.
Money from the sale will be
used by the Lions in civic proj
ects.
Distribution of the numbers
is the result of nearly five
years' work by the Lioiis. Dur
ing that time they completed
"chaining", making overlay
maps of the town and assign
ing every lot a number.
As unimproved lots are built
upon, numbers Will be ready for
them.
Numbering of houses is the
second step in a plan to provide
mail delivery in Franklin.
Saturday Last
Day To Register
Saturday is the final day for
registering to vote in the gen
eral election November 6.
Next Saturday, November 3,
will be challenge day.
Although he was unable to
supply figures from the county's
11 precincts, J. Lee Barnard,
chairman of the elections board,
said new registrations are run
ning "very well."
Locally, the main race is for
the county's seat in the House
of Representatives. Incumbent
G. L. Houk, Democrat, is oppos
ed by J. C. Crisp, Republican.
Richard H. Slagle, incumbent
county surveyor on the Demo
cratic ticket, is facing Repub
lican J. L. Sanders in his elec
tion bid.
This term's state senator for
the 33rd Senatorial District
comes from Swain county under
provisions of a rotation system
used by the counties making
up the district. Democrat Kelley
E. Bennett and Republican Ray
Wright are seeking the seat.
A run-down of candidates on
the national and state levels ap
peared in last week's issue of
The Press.
ROSE CREEK SINGING
The regular fourth Sunday
singing will be held Sunday at
the Rose Creek Baptist church,
eight miles out on the Bryson
City road (NC 28). Everyone is
invited, according to Lon
Thompson, president of the
sing.
Are Moving Into Library;
New Shelving Is Needed
Shifting the Franklin Libra
ly's 14,000-plus volumes from
temporary quarters into the
new library building on Phillips
Street is under way.
Miss Frank I. Murray, Sr., li
brarian, says she hopes to "be
doing business" in the new li
brary by tht first of next week.
Meanwhile, patrons may con
tinue to check out books from
the library's temporary quarters
in the old Kelly building on
Main Street.
High on the new library's list
of needs is new shelving, ac
cording to Mrs. Murray. Shelves
now on hand were salvaged
from the library when it was
housed in the old Masonic Hall
on Church Street, which was
razed for a /new building, and
are not going to be adequate in
the new set-up.
A benefit silver tea and open
house is slated for November 17
in the new building under the
sponsorship of the past matrons
of the Order of Eastern Star,
Nequassa chapter. .Mrs. Murray
says the proceeds will be used
to purchase new shelving.
Workmen put the finishing
touches to the new building
over the week-end and the
heating system on the first
floor is to be installed in the
next few days.
The second floor of the build
ing has been roughed-in and
will be completed as funds are
available.
For the present, the library
will be confined to the first
floor and the second will be
used for storage purposes.
Since the Masonic building
was razed the library has been
operating on a limited basis in
the Kelly building. Most of its
volumes have been in storage.
P. 0. RECEIPTS
ABOUT SAME
AS LAST YEAR
Franklin Increase
For Quarter Caused
By New Box Rents
If an old business weather
vane can be relied upon ? postal
receipts ? business in the county
Is as good this period of the
year as last.
For the quarter Just ended,
postal receipts at the Franklin
and Highlands post offices were
almost exactly the same as last
year's. Highlands was off about
1%, according to Postmaster
Charles C. (Uncle Charlie)
Potts, in Franklin, Postmaster
Zeb .Meadows reported an In
crease of 2.1% in receipts.
Mr. Meadows said all of the
increased revenue came from
box rent on the new 96 post of
fice boxes recently installed.
Highlands receipts for July to
October 19 were nearly $9,000.
Franklin's postal income was
$10,548.73.
This past quarter, containing
the summer months, Is High
lands' busiest, while Franklin's
busiest Is the new quarter under
way, which includes Christmas.
Here's a comparison of quart
erly figures for this and last
year for the Franklin post of
fice:
Jan.-March '55 $7,758.73
Jan.-March '56 7,475.44
April-June '55 $8,580.07
April-June '56 9,328.02
July-Sept. '55 $10,333.94
July-Oct. 19, '56 10.548.73
The post office has converted
to a new quarter system based
cm weeks rather than months
and this is the first quarter
under the arrangement. This is
why third quarter figures for
1955 and 1956 cover a slightly
different period.
TO RECOGNIZE
4-H CLUBBERS
Locals To Receive
New Laurels During
Asheville Meeting
New laurels will be heaped
?on the Macon County 4-H
movement in Asheville Saturday
when several club members and
leaders are slated to be honor
ed at a district "recognition
?day".
Bert Raby, of Oak Dale, and
Guy Duvall, of Iotla, are to be
honored as district winners in
Poultry Demonstration.
Mrs. James P. Cunningham,
4-h adult leader of the Carson
Community, is scheduled to ap
pear on the program. She will
speak on "What It Means To
Be A 4-H Leader." She will also
represent her community, which
has entered the state recreation
contest.
Carol Arnold will represent
Cullasaja Community, which is
competing in the state health
contest.
The following 4-H clubbers
are to be honored at the dis
trict meeting as participants in
state contests:
Mary Lou Cabe, Otto, Farm
and Home Electric; Vicky Ray,
SEE NO. 2, PAGE 8
Buchanan
Talks Roads
In County
Although financially, unable
to promise relief, 14th Division
Highway Commissioner Harry E.
Buchanan nevertheless talked
over road problems with citi
zens here for nearly two hours
Friday afternoon.
Posers tossed In the commis
sioner's lap ranged from rumors
of a major highway change, re
quests for gravel and paving,
and Franklin's new one-way
street system.
No Money
Flanked by division and local
highway officials, Commissioner
Buchanan told a small crowd
assembled In the court room at
the county courthouse that his
division is still In the same
"bad (financial) shape" it has
been for some time because of
the burden of maintaining the
secondary highway system built
in the late 40's.
He' said there is no money
available for black-topping any
roads in this county,'
However, for those "in the
mud" he sounded a brighter
note by disclosing that $50,000
has been allocated next year
for the purchase of gravel In
Macon.
As "first priority" roads ? de
SEE NO. 4, PAGE 8
Carson Is
Of Rural 1
Macon Democrats
To Hear Speeches
By Two Leaders
Two pre-election speeches are
on tap this week for county
Democrats.
Tonight (Thursday) in the
Highlands High gymnasium, an
Asheville man, Roy Taylor, is
slated to speak at a rally. He is
a former state representative
and is now county attorney of
Buncombe. The rally will start
at 7:30.
Saturday -at 8 p. m. at the
courthouse in Franklin, Demo
crats will hear a speech by
George B. Patton, a native son
who recently was appointed at
torney general of North Caro
lina.
George A. Shuford, of Ashe
ville, congressman from the 12th
Congressional District, also is
slated for brief remarks on be
half of his campaign for re
election.
Macon Rep. G. L. Houk will
serve as master of ceremonies
at the county-wide rally.
Area Club Women Gather
Here For District Meeting
Eighty-two women represent
ing clubs in eight Western
North Carolina towns were in
Franklin Tuesday for the an
nual meeting of District 1, N. C.
Federation of Women's Clubs.
Hostesses were members of
the Franklin Junior Woman's
Club. The occasion marked the
first time a Junior organization
has been in charge of a district
meeting.
.Meeting at the First Baptist
Church, the club women open
ed the day's program with a
coffee hour and registration.
Addresses wefe made during
the morning by the state presi
dent, Mrs. Aubrey Mauney, of
Kings Mountain, and Mrs. Mar
garet Harper, of Southport, 2nd
vice-president and director of
districts.
Mrs. Kelley E. Bennett, of
Bryson City, presided.
Singing of "God Bless Amer
ica", led by Mrs. C. E. Henry,
opened the business session. The
devotional was given by Miss
Harriett Murray. Mrs. Marjorie
Cabe, president of the host
Franklin club, extended greet
ings to those attending. The re
esponse was by .Mrs. D. E. Pul
lium.
Thirteen clubs in the district,
Franklin included, received cer
tificates of honor for superior
ratings in activities.
Election Held
An election of officers saw
Miss Pearl Harris, of Waynes
ville, go in as district presi
dent; Mrs. Cecil Franklin, of
Sylva, vice-president; and Mrs.
Ray Parshall, of Waynesville,
secretary-treasurer.
The Aguyah Club, of Robbins
ville, was awarded a gavel for
having the largest delegation
present.
Lunch was served by the
women of the Holly Springs
Baptist Missionary Society.
Club women voted to hold
their next district meeting in
Bryson City.
Among favors given those at
SEE NO. 3, PAGE 8
Panthers Lose To Swain Hi;
Miss Cochran Is Crowned
Favored Swain High had an
uphill battle here Friday night
in defeating the Franklin Pan
thers 13 to 7 before a homecom
ing crowd of several thousand.
Fans were treated to a score
less* first half of top-notch de
fensive play on the part of the
two foes before the Swain Ma
roons pushed over two touch
downs in the third quarter to
take command of the game.
Half-time festivities centered
around the crowning of a
"Homecoming Queen", Miss
Helen Cochran, who was elected
to reign by a vote of the stu
dent body. The identity of the
queen and her maid-of-honor,
Miss Joan Thomas, was kept
secret up until an announce
ment by Jim Tysinger, master
of ceremonies, after the con
testants for the titles had been
driven in convertibles on to the
field and introduced to the
crowd. They were serenaded by
SEE NO. 3, PAGE 5
Winner
Contest
Cowee And Iotla
Are Runners-Up;
Awards Are Made
Carson Community, runner
up In last year's event, Is the
winner of the '56 Macon Coun
ty Rural Community Develop
ment Contest.
Cowee Is in second place and
Iotla in third, according to the
decision handed down by the
out-of-county judges Mrs. Vel
ma B. Moore, home agent of
Clay County, and Harry Brown,
of Mountain City, Ga., a fomer
under secretary of Agriculture.
Carson gets $200, Cowee, $150,
and Iotla, $100.
Cash awards of $50 each also
go to Cartoogechaye, Cullasaja,
Higdonville, Otto, and Patton.
Incentive awards of $50 in
each of 10 categories were in
stituted this year to fire more
interest in the competition.
Communities winning these are
(in cases of ties, the money is
divided) :
Increase in income, Iotla; best
accomplishments in youth ac
tivities, Carson, Cullasaja, and
Cowee; best home food supply,
Patton; best oommunity beauti
fication, Cowee and Iotla; best
programs, community participa
tion in activities and attendance
at meetings, CartoogeChaye;
best agricultural program. Holly
Springs; most outstanding com
munity project, Carson and Cul
lasaja: 4-H garden project,
Clark's Chapel; best health pro
gram. Otto; most outstanding
accomplishments in religious ac
tivities, Cowee and Higdonville.
The judges noted that the
"spiritual phase" was emphasiz
ed by nine of the 10 In the in
centive awards competition.
They also reported this classifi
cation was the most difficult to
judge, but that it reflected the
most outstanding achievements
of the communities.
Mrs. Moore and Mr. Brown
said they found the communi
ties engaged in "good honest
work for the good of the com
munity, not for prizes." In se
lecting the winners, they evalu
ated the work on "where they
were and what they had."
Plans are now under way for
holding an awards banquet in
December to honor the winners
and the businessmen who back
the annual contest with prize
money.
Fair Winners Take
$618 In Prizes;
Anybody Missed?
Winners of the recent Macon
County Fair walked off with
$618 in prize money, according
to the fair association treasurer,
Edwin T. Williams.
Because of the scope of the
award schedule, Mr. Williams
pointed out that some winners
may have inadvertently been
overlooked when the checks
were mailed out this week.
"If we missed anyone, we're
sorry . . . and if they'll just let
me know I'll see that they get
their prize money."
The Weather
Tho wpfk's temperatures and rainfall, hb
l?>cor<!ed in Franklin by Manaon Sti'ei,
* T S w?*nth#?r <#l?-ervpr: in Highland* *>?
Tudor N. Hall and W. C. Newton. T\'A
o|wprv*?r ; Hn?l at the Coweta Hydrologric
Laboratory.
Temperatures
FRANKI.IN
Temperature and rainfall read
ings tor Franklin are not available
for this week.
HIGHLANDS
High Low Rain
Wed.. Oct.
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Wed.. Oct.
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
17 62
53
58
56
55
55
54
COWEETA
17 68
63
65
65
60
62
71
53
52
52
50
50
50
48
40
44
55
54
54
53
55
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ASSISTANT COACH G. R. (Pat) Pattillo is shown crowning Franklin High's "Homecoming
Queen". Miss Helen Cochran. Watching the ceremony at right is Miss Joan Thomas, the queen's
maid-of-honor. The crowning was a ha.?f?time feature of the Franklin-Swain High game here
Friday night.
Saturday [Oct. 27] Is Last Day To Register For The Election